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Coordinates: 42°1′1″N 72°29′41″W / 42.01694°N 72.49472°W / 42.01694; -72.49472
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Osborn Correctional Institution
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LocationSomers, Connecticut
Coordinates42°1′1″N 72°29′41″W / 42.01694°N 72.49472°W / 42.01694; -72.49472
StatusOpen
Security classLevel 3 (medium)
Capacity2,000
Managed byConnecticut, Department of Correction
Director
Wardens[1]
  • 1963-1969 Frederick G. Reineke
  • 1969-1972 Frederick E. Adams
  • 1972-1983 Carl Robinson
  • 1984-1989 George D. Bronson
  • 1989-1993 Lawrence R. Tilghman
  • 1993-1995 Robert J. Kupec
  • 1995-2001 Leslie E. Brooks
  • 2001-2003 Mark W. Strange
  • 2003-2009 David Strange
  • 2009-2013 Carol Chapdelaine

Osborn Correctional Institution is a medium-security state prison for men in Somers, CT. It was built in 1962 and received its first inmates in 1963.

History

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1963 Opened as State Prison in Somers[2] 1967 Transfered to new Department of Correction[2]

1969, "trustee" prisoner David F. Mabery stabbed warden Frederick G. Reineke while on a work assignment at the warden's home. He then forced Reineke and his wife to drive him to Hartford, where he was recaptured a day and a half later[3]

1969 renamed Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers[2] 1994 downgraded from maximum security to medium security and renamed Osborn Correctional Institution[2]

Programs

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Contact

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335 Bilton Road, POB 100 Somers, CT 06071 Phone: (860) 814-4600 Fax: (860) 814-4826

Notable Inmates

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References

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  1. ^ Department of Correction, State of Connecticut, Osborn Correctional Institution, Department of Correction, 2013, http://www.ct.gov/doc/cwp/view.asp?a=1499&q=265440, accessed on 6 November, 2013
  2. ^ a b c d Connecticut State Library, State Prison - State Agency, Connecticut State Library, 1999, http://www.ctstatelibrary.org/agencies/stateprison.htm, accessed on 27 October, 2013
  3. ^ Staff, "A Rookie Helps to Capture Connecticut Prison Fugitive", The New York Times 16 December 1968, accessed on 6 November, 2013
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http://www.ct.gov/doc/cwp/view.asp?a=1499&q=265440